Jeremy Corbyn has come out swinging after a week of chaos and recriminations, telling an audience of supporters that he is determined that Your Party will be formally founded, will have its founding conference on schedule in November and will be democratic and grassroots-powered.
Corbyn: Your Party will happen
The ex-Labour leader was speaking at the Peace and Justice conference on Saturday 20 September.
He was also careful to name Zarah Sultana first among the MPs who are cooperating to create the party – an olive branch that may give hope to supporters – and to insist that the MPs are there to facilitate, not run or control, it:
Let’s hope he is right and that efforts to heal the rift between camps succeeds.
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